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A Bible Believer Asks The Question ‘Did Jesus Have Long Hair?’ And The Answer May Just Shock You

Let’s go further. Don’t we believe that Jesus appeared as the Angel of the Lord, in the Old Testament, and the fourth man in the fire? If so, what did He look like, back then?

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While there are differing opinions on this subject, one thing is certain.  We won’t know the answer to this question, until we go to Glory.  No one knows.  Not you, not me, not your preacher, not your grandma.  Scripture is very clear on this…

Many well meaning preachers and teachers of the Scripture, these days, who love God and are seeking to keep their young men clean, are misapplying verses about short hair on men, to Jesus.  No one is implying that men, today, should have long hair, nor, am I giving license.  We should go by the dictates of the Apostle Paul, who said…

“Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?”  I Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)

For a man to have long hair, it is a “shame.”  According to Paul, long hair is for a woman, because she is under authority.

“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”  (I Corinthians 11:3.  Please read the whole chapter.)

If it’s a shame for a man to have long hair, why write an article on it?  Here is my answer:  There are many wonderful truths, hidden in Scripture that, if we take the time to study, will help us grow spiritually perceptive lives. Every subject, in Scripture, is important. Therefore, we will take the necessary time it takes, to study this out.

“Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.” II Corinthians 5:16 (KJV)

Though the Jews were required not to round the corners of their heads nor mar the corners of their beards (Leviticus 19:27), that is not the reason for my allegation.

Instead of asking the initial question, “Did Jesus have long hair?”  With your permission, I would like to modify that question, a bit, with a new question…Is it possible that Jesus had long hair? There, that’s an better question to ask.  And, to that question, I respond with a resounding “YES!” There are three main reasons that I believe He did.

1. His nature…

While I agree that I Corinthians 11:14 teaches that it is a shame for a man to have long hair, it is for those very reasons, I believe He did.   There always seems be an exception to the rule, and I believe that He was that exception.

Here are some of the reasons:

First of all, being both God and man, Jesus didn’t exactly have to go by the same rules we do.  Now, don’t laugh this off, too quickly.  Remember, the Scripture does say that He was “in the form of God” (Philippians 2:6).  And, being in the form of God, doesn’t it stand to reason that He was also in the form of man?  Yes, it does.  He was in the form of God, and He was also in the “likeness” of man.

”But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men….”  Philippians 2:7

Since Jesus was both God and man, who should dictate the length His of hair?  …A Baptist preacher?!

Let’s go further.  Don’t we believe that Jesus appeared as the Angel of the Lord, in the Old Testament, and the fourth man in the fire?   (Genesis sixteen and Daniel three)  What did He look like, back then?  And, while we are pondering that, what will He look like, in the future, with legs of brass and a head of “…hairs…white like wool, as white as snow; and…eyes…as a flame of fire…”, at His Second Coming?  (Revelation 1:14)

Will the length of His hair, be a “sin,” then?  Will someone quote I Corinthians eleven to Jesus, at His (Second) Coming, by telling Him that “…was dead…” and is “…alive for evermore…”, who has “…the keys of hell and of death….” (Revelation 1:18), that He went against Scripture?

2. To fulfill a type…

The type I am referring to, here, was Samson. Please, read Judges, chapters thirteen to sixteen. Samson was a type of Christ.

  • He ate honey out of the dead carcass of a Lion.  Judges fourteen (Revelation 5:5, Psalm 119:103)
  • He told riddles.  Judges fourteen (Like Jesus told parables—Ezekiel 17:2, Matthew thirteen)

He had a Nazarite vow…

“For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:  But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.”  Judges 13:5-7

Like Samson, as far as we know, Jesus never drank wine or grape juice.  (Scripture does not say.)  He was accused of drinking it (Matthew 11:19, Luke 7:34), and gave it to his Disciples.  (Matthew 26:27-29)  But, at the last supper, he—who turned water into wine …John 2:1-11—would “not drink” it himself.

[By the way, Jesus never came near a dead body that He didn’t raise.  (See Numbers 6:9)]

Since the only way someone knew that a man had a Nazarite vow was the length of their hair, the only difference between Samson and Jesus, at this point, concerning a vow, is that the Scripture never says anything about Jesus’ hair.

3.  To fulfill prophecy…

Although Psalm 44 has a direct reference to Israel, verse 15 refers to an individual…“My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me….”

Psalm 69 is the great prophetical chapter on the coming of Christ.  Please take time to read it.  You will be glad you did.  Here are two verses that deal with this subject.

“Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.”  (Verse 7)

“Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.”  (Verse 19)

Here, read Isaiah 50:6 and Isaiah 53.

What shame and reproach did Jesus bear?  Was it only on Calvary?  Wasn’t that reproach prophesied before he died—calling him “lowly” (Zechariah 9:9), and “meek” (Matthew 21:5) and of “no reputation”?  (Philippians 2:7)

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”  (Philippians 2:5-8)

How did Jesus humble himself?  Wasn’t it from and through the incarnation?  Wasn’t He humble all His life—learning obedience through the things He suffered?  (Hebrews 5:8)  The question comes in, here, when did He start bearing shame?  Didn’t He constantly please the Father, by always submitting to the dictates of Scripture?  Didn’t He say, “I do always those things that please him…”?  (John 8:29)

Why was it necessary for Jesus to have long hair?   So, He could fulfill the types and prophecies about it.  How was that accomplished?  By fulfilling the law of God (found in Numbers six), concerning a Nazarite vow.

You might have an objection, here, saying that “It doesn’t say anywhere in Scripture that Jesus had a vow.  If He had a Nazarite vow, like the Apostle Paul took one, in Acts 21, we would know it.  So, that seals it, for me.”  You may be right, but Scripture doesn’t always say something just because we want to know.  A lot of things that we don’t understand today, we will realize later in Glory.  (I Corinthians 13:12)

Someone suggested, that if Jesus had a vow, when Judas turned him in to the authorities, instead of saying “…Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he…” , Judas would have said “the man you are looking for is the man with the long hair.”

That may be true, but it was not uncommon, back then, for Jews to take a Nazarite vow (remember Paul).  And, don’t forget, it was after supper had ended, early in April.  (Matthew 26:30)  Maybe He slipped on his poncho because it was cool in the evening, in the Mount of Olives, and decided to cover His head.

Though Jesus was a rugged carpenter, Scripture never indicates that His hair was ever untidy or unkempt.

Last, and most important, let’s say, for argument sake, that Jesus, like Sampson, had a Nazarite vow on him, from the womb.  When would that vow have ended?  According to Numbers chapter six, the priest offered “…a sin-offering, and…a burnt offering to make an atonement for him…” (verse 12), after the vow was done.  Should the spotless Lamb of God have a lamb offered for Him, for a “trespass-offering”?  May I remind you that Jesus was not a sinner; He was the Saviour.  “All the days of His Separation, he is holy unto the Lord.” Jesus was holy all His life, and never was defiled.  Therefore, he never needed to cut His hair.  That is why I conclude that His vow would have lasted His entire life; until He made the atonement for our sin(s).  Truly, it’s a shame for a man to have long hair.

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

When did that shame begin?  At His Birth (Judges 13:7, Luke 1:31—please compare these two verses)?  Or, at His crucifixion?

 


 

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Clearing Up The Confusion That Many Christians Have Regarding The Role That Repentance Absolutely Does Play In Your Salvation In The Church Age

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Biblical repentance toward God unto salvation is the repenting of your disbelief in Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God

The role that repentance plays in salvation for born again believers in the Church Age is one of those topics that always seems to create a controversy, and that need not be. God has given us the tool of rightly dividing the scriptures we read for situations just like this. Paul says we are saved by grace through faith, and he says that repentance is necessary in the salvation of a sinner. The question becomes then, what type of repentance is Paul talking about? What, wait…there’s more than one? Yep.

“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 20:21 (KJB)

In the Church Age, there are no works attached to or associated with a lost sinner becoming born again, it is all a work of the LORD. He provides the salvation with Himself crucified in your place on the cross at Calvary, He shed His Blood for the payment for your sin, and it is presented to you as a free gift. Case closed. Baptism does not saved you, the sacraments do not save you, the eucharist does not save you, Mary does not saved you. It is all of Jesus. There is just one problem, though, like the thief on the cross, the lost sinner is lost because he or she does not believe the good news of the gospel that Jesus Christ was crucified, died, buried and rose again on the third day according to the scriptures. It is their disbelief that is keeping them from getting saved, not their sins. Jesus died for your sins, He wants your sins, but your disbelief has to be shed by you.

“Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.” Romans 4:23-25 (KJB)

Jesus was crucified between two thieves, both of whom mocked and insulted Jesus as they all were up on their respective crosses. Both those thieves mocked and reviled Him equally, in the beginning.

“Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.” Mark 15:32 (KJB) 

But then a change took place in the heart of one of the thieves, after thoughtfully and carefully considering the entirety of the scene playing out before him in real time, he repented. Not of his crimes, not of his sins, and not by making restitution at all to anyone. But what he did do was to repent of his disbelief in Jesus Christ. That was not a work, it is simply a change of mind, which not coincidentally is the definition of the word ‘repentance’ according to Jonah 3:10. The work is of God.

“Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” John 6:29 (KJB)

When a lost sinner repents of their disbelief in Jesus, they go from rejecting the gospel to believing the gospel, and when they do, they receive the free gift of God’s salvation. For me, that happened a few minutes to midnight on March 14th back in 1991. When did that take place for you? If you are saved, then you should be able to point to a place and time where you believed the gospel and became saved. If you can’t, that’s a problem. No one in the Church Age is born saved, no one is saved because their granddaddy was a preacher, or because you were raised on the mission field, or because you ‘just always knew that you were’. No one is saved against their will, or without their knowledge. Unless you are a very small child, mentally incapable or some other situation that Romans 5:13 points to, you did not get saved without first repenting of your disbelief and believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.

“And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Acts 16:30,31 (KJB)

So what about repenting of your sins? Glad you asked! After a soul gets saved, then repentance of and from personal sin becomes a vital, daily part of our walk with the Lord. Make no mistake about it, when you got saved you were given God’s imputed righteousness for your soul and you became born again in your spirit. But your body did not, and there’s the battle. There is no such as a sinner who gets saved who never again commits sin, that is a lie of the Devil. No sin you commit is held to your account that is true, from an eternal perspective, but a saved sinner here on Earth absolutely commits sin after salvation. God has provided the remedy for that as well.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” 1 John 1:9,10 (KJB)

We hope this short little Bible study on the two types of repentance involved in salvation clears up some of the confusion surrounding this needlessly controversial subject. As with most other doctrines in your King James Bible, rightly dividing works every time. In Part #2, we will show you how after the Church Age, people will get saved by belief in Jesus and kept saved by enduring to the end with their works. A whole different ball game.

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There’s A Reason Why Isaiah Is The Most Quoted Old Testament Prophet And Why His Writings Bolster The Foundation Of Paul’s New Testament Gospel

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The writings of the prophet Isaiah make up a large part of New Testament Church Age scripture because Isaiah is the most ‘whole Bible’ prophet there is.

The prophet Isaiah writes 66 chapters in the book that bears his name, and in an amazing coincidence, there are 66 books in your King James Bible. In a second amazing coincidence, chapter 39 talks about the Temple, and everything from chapter 40 through 66 is about the coming Messiah at His First Advent. Which is fascinating because there are 39 chapters in the Old Testament, and 27 in the New, the ‘break’ is right on the money. You can’t beat the Book.

“I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.” Isaiah 45:23 (KJB)

“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” Romans 14:11 (KJB)

So let’s jump right into it, and see some of the amazing places that the prophet Isaiah connected himself to the New Testament, hundreds of years before any New Testament scripture would be written. For a deeper study, we highly recommend you get our Isaiah Commentary Bundle, which is packed full of amazing information on the end times ministry of the prophet Isaiah.

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A Sampling of the Prophet Isaiah and the Apostle Paul

  • “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.” Isaiah 25:8 (KJB)
  • “So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” 1 Corinthians 15:54 (KJB)

  • “I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;” Isaiah 65:1,2 (KJB)
  • “But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.” Romans 10:20,21 (KJB)

  • “For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.” Isaiah 10:22,23 (KJB)
  • “Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” Romans 9:27,28 (KJB)

  • “Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.” Isaiah 29:14 (KJB)
  • “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 1 Corinthians 1:19 (KJB)

  • “So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.” Isaiah 52:15 (KJB)
  • “But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.” Romans 15:21 (KJB)

  • “Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;” Isaiah 49:8 (KJB)
  • “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)” 2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJB)

  • “Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?” Isaiah 40:13,14 (KJB)
  • “For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16 (KJB)

All told, there are a minimum of 52 direct quotations from the prophet Isaiah in the New Testament, and many more non-cited references as well, like this one.

  • “Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.” Isaiah 59:7,8 (KJB)
  • “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Romans 3:14-18 (KJB)

In addition to Isaiah being quoted by our apostle Paul, he is quoted by the Lord because Isaiah foretold of Him. What book was the first Gentile convert in the Church Age reading? Isaiah 53. Phillip preached to him Jesus from that chapter, and the Ethiopian eunuch got saved and eternally secure every bit as much on that as you did on Ephesians 2:8,9 and 1 Corinthians 15:3,4. How’s that for rightly dividing? Maybe rightly dividing goes deeper than you think it does, (and it does).

A Sampling of the Prophet Isaiah and the Lord Jesus of Nazareth

  • “Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” Isaiah 9:1,2 (KJB)
  • “The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.” Matthew 4:15,16 (KJB)

  • “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.” Isaiah 42:1-4 (KJB)
  • “Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.” Matthew 12:18-21 (KJB)

  • “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” Isaiah 53:4 (KJB)
  • “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” Matthew 8:17 (KJB)

Now you see the ‘secret’ of the prophet Isaiah. Not only does he foretell about the day of the LORD and what happens to the Jews in the last days, he also shows us, in mystery form, the Church Age with the gospel that would go to the Gentiles. Isaiah gives us the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God. He is the most ‘whole Bible’ prophet there is, which is why what he wrote is indispensable to Paul in over 27 places. So you see that the New Testament is not something brand-new, it is the fulfillment of what was prophesied in the Old Testament that would take place. Below is a list of references with Isaiah on the left, and its New Testament match meet on the right. If you found more than we have listed here, please comment below and we’ll be happy to add it!

Isaiah New Testament
1:9 Romans 9:29
7:14 Matthew 1:23
8:12 1 Peter 3:14
8:14; 28:16 Romans 9:33; 10:11; 1 Peter 2:6; 1 Peter 2:8
9:1-2 Matthew 4:15-16
10:22-23 Romans 9:27-28
11:10 Romans 15:12
22:13 1 Corinthians 15:32
22:22 Revelation 3:7
25:8 1 Corinthians 15:54
28:11-12 1 Corinthians 14:21
29:13 Matthew 15:8,9; Mark 7:6,7
29:14 1 Corinthians 1:19
29:16 Romans 9:20
35:3 Hebrews 12:12
40:13-14 Romans 11:34,35; 1 Corinthians 2:16
40:3-5 Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6; John 1:23.
40:6-8 1 Peter 1:24-25
41:4 Revelation 1:17
42:1-4 Matthew 12:18-21
42:6 Acts 13:47
44:6 Revelation 1:17
45:9 Romans 9:20
45:23 Romans 14:11
45:23 Philippians 2:10-11
49:6 Acts 13:47
49:10 Revelation 7:16
49:8 2 Corinthians 6:2
52:11 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
52:15 Romans 15:21
52:5 Romans 2:24
52:7 Romans 10:15
53:1 John 12:38; Romans 10:16
53:12 Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37
53:4 Matthew 8:17
53:5 1 Peter 2:24
53:7-8 Acts 8:32-33
53:9 1 Peter 2:22
54:1 Galatians 4:27
54:13. John 6:45
55:3 Acts 13:34.
56:7 Matthew 21:13
59:20-21 Romans 11:26-27
6:9-10 Matthew 13:14,15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26-27
60:1 Ephesians 5:14
60:20-21 Revelation 21:23
61:1-2 Luke 4:18-19
64:4 1 Corinthians 2:9
65:1-1 Romans 10:20-21
66:1-2 Acts 7:49-50
66:24 Mark 9:44

 

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The Real Mary In The Bible Was A Sinner Who Trusted In The Salvation Of The Lord And Was Used In A Mighty Way As A Role Model Of Christian Submission

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The biblical Mary is a model of humility and submission to God, she is not sinless, not divine, and does not hear or answer any prayers

The virgin called Mary in the Bible was a lot of things, and we will talk about that, but first let’s discuss what she was not, according to scripture. She was not sinless, she was not ‘assumed into Heaven’ instead of dying, she was not the ‘gatekeeper to Jesus’, she did not remain a virgin, she wasn’t blessed above women, and no one who knew her ever asked her to answer their prayers. In short, she is very much unlike the ‘perpetual virgin’ Mary that is a creation from whole cloth by the Roman Catholic Church.

“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.” Luke 1:30 (KJB)

Either you believe the Bible or your don’t, that’s what it comes down to. Mary was a wonderful, godly woman who was used in a tremendous way to show what true, humble submission to the Lord is all about. But Mary was 100% human, just like me and you, she needed a Saviour to pay for her sins, just like me and you, this is what the evidence of scripture shows us. Much myth and legend has grown up around her, and she is worshipped by the Roman Catholic Church who has made her divine. It is my intent with this article to show you Mary’s beautiful humanity, the real Mary who indeed is blessed among women.

  • MARY NEEDED A SAVIOUR: “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.” Luke 1:46,47 (KJB). Well people do not need a doctor, and sinless people do not need a Saviour. Sick people need doctors and sinners need a Saviour. Mary rightly says that God is her Saviour, she understands her true condition before the Lord. The Catholic response to this is to say that “Mary was just being humble when she said that”, but if that’s true, then she lied about needing a Saviour, and lying is a sin. So either way, Mary was a sinner who needed a Saviour.
  • MARY HAD 6 OTHER CHILDREN: Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.” Mark 6:3 (KJB). Not only did Mary have other children, the Bible names Jesus’ 4 brothers and tells us about his two sisters. Matthew 13:53-58 shows this to be true as well.
  • JESUS ALWAYS CALLED HER ‘WOMAN’: “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.” John 2:4 (KJB). Jesus never called Mary His mother, though scripture clearly shows us she was. But anticipating the cult that would rise up around her, it looks like Jesus very carefully addressed her when he spoke to her. As He lay dying on the cross, He continued to refer to her as ‘woman’ even when he was instructing John to take her into him home to live out her days with him. This completely cuts off the idea that Jesus was somehow always a ‘mama’s boy’ and that Mary would lead people to Him as she is portrayed now. 
  • MARY HELD NO SPECIAL PLACE IN THE CHURCH: These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.” Acts 1:14 (KJB). The last mention of Mary in the Bible is in Acts, where we see her seated beside all the others as they all prayed together. You will note she holds no special place other than to be a member of this first church, Peter is leading the group and preaching. Mary is not consulted, no one asks her for any special requests or favors, she is on an equal footing with everyone else. She lived the rest of her life out in the church, at some point she died, and went where all saved people go, to Heaven. The Roman Catholic ‘assumption of Mary’ is a complete fabrication not found on any page of any Bible.

You see, Mary was just like you and me, completely human and completely dependent on the God she served for every good thing in her life. She is a model of humility, and as such, would be appalled if she could come back and see the lies said about her. There is only one Person born sinless, and that’s Jesus, and He shares his glory with no one. The Roman Catholic Church has created an alternate Mary they call the ‘perpetual virgin’, and 100% of what they say about her cannot be proven by scripture. There are no records of any miracles performed by her, or any miracles performed that she had a hand in.

There was a time when Mary and Jesus siblings came to visit Him, and there were so many people that they could not gain access. So it was told to Jesus that Mary and His siblings were outside and wanted to see Him. How did Jesus respond to that request? Take a look for yourself:

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.” Luke 8:19-21 (KJB)

Jesus said that anyone who heard to word of God, and did what it said to do, was just as close to Him as His own mother and His own siblings. This is the exact opposite of how Mary is portrayed by the Roman Catholic Church who has turned her into the ‘4th part of the Trinity’. The Bible shows you the real Mary, the Roman Church shows you the pagan Mary who herself has become a god. Which one do you think is the real Mary?

In 1854, Pope Pius IX issued a decree about their “virgin Mary’, and in that writing he declared that Mary was equal with Jesus Christ. Pope Pius IX said about Mary Let all the children of the Catholic Church, who are so very dear to us, hear these words of ours. With a still more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers, difficulties, needs, doubts and fears. Under her guidance, under her patronage, under her kindness and protection, nothing is to be feared; nothing is hopeless.” Do you believe the popes, or do you believe the Bible? Pick one.

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